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Canadian auto parts magnate Frank Stronach found guilty of sexual assault

Canadian auto parts magnate Frank Stronach found guilty of sexual assault

Published by Sam Flores

Austrian-Canadian billionaire and automotive business founder Frank Stronach was found guilty Friday of sexual assault and indecent assault of two women decades ago. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Stronach, who is 93, had been accused of incidents involving seven complainants and pleaded not guilty to 12 charges. Superior Court Justice Anne Molloy, who is overseeing the case, said the two women who brought those allegations were credible and careful witnesses and she believed their accounts of what happened all those years ago. Outside court, Stronach’s lawyer said they would take time to thoroughly review the decision but were satisfied he had been found not guilty on most of the charges. “Mr. Stronach has been found guilty on the least serious offenses for two complainants who were not exposed in any way. He was not exposed … no one had their clothes off,” Leora Shemesh said. Despite the two findings of guilt, Shemesh said Stronach “really is a national treasure and should be treated as such, …

Startup CEO Charlie Javice is reportedly angling for a Trump pardon

Startup CEO Charlie Javice is reportedly angling for a Trump pardon

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Charlie Javice, the convicted Frank founder, is reportedly seeking a presidential pardon, with her camp quietly courting people close to the Trump administration, according to the WSJ. So far, her name hasn’t turned up on a formal clemency request list at the Justice Department, it adds. That list is growing fast. As the administration reportedly weighs handing out roughly 250 pardons this summer to mark America’s 250th birthday, a wave of clemency requests is pouring in from white-collar defendants — including Sam Bankman-Fried. JPMorgan can’t be pleased by any of this. Last September, Javice was found guilty of fabricating millions of customer accounts to inflate her startup’s value before selling it to the bank for $175 million. She’s now serving more than seven years and is appealing, arguing the case against her was unfair. The bank may have extra cause for concern given its relationship with President Trump. In early 2021, it closed accounts tied to Trump and his businesses shortly after the January 6 Capitol riot, a move that Trump has since called political …

Eric Fischl and Frank Lloyd Wright Make Phoenix Feel Like the Future

Eric Fischl and Frank Lloyd Wright Make Phoenix Feel Like the Future

Published by Jenni Sidey

As the plane starts its final descent, the first thought you might have is: How can all of this be here? Another that may irk you, particularly if you’ve been keeping up with the news about the dwindling Colorado River, is: None of this should be here. If you’re like me, you will think some version of: Jesus Christ, that’s a lot of swimming pools.  It really is, too: 257,983, according to one survey. Developers build them in backyards as a way of charming new homeowners, but they’re also the easiest place to go if the air-conditioning cuts out in July, when the line between having fun and not dying is blurrier than one might hope. Related Articles Phoenix is home to 1.67 million people. In the summer the heat can reach triple digits by mid-morning, but in the winter you are all but guaranteed a string of sunny 70-degree days. Space is plentiful, the hiking sublime, and, in recent years, per that incontrovertible oracle of hipness The New York Times, the Phoenix suburb of …

Remembering Barney Frank, trailblazing public servant : NPR

Remembering Barney Frank, trailblazing public servant : NPR

Published by Sam Flores

Former Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) speaking during a news conference on Capitol Hill September 26, 2008 in Washington, DC. Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images “I’m a left-handed gay Jew,” Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank told The New York Times Magazine in 1996. “I’ve never felt, automatically, a member of any majority.” But he did win majorities — Frank served more than three decades in Congress and made history as a deal-maker and a ground-breaker. He died this week at the age of 86. During the subprime mortgage crisis that led to the Great Recession, Frank chaired the House Financial Services Committee as it passed sweeping reforms to the U.S. financial system. He helped write laws that protected homeowners from foreclosure and credit card users from unfair lending practices; banned commercial banks from certain risky trades and returned more than 21 billion dollars to defrauded American consumers. Frank was also the first member of Congress to voluntarily come out as gay, following the death of a colleague who had concealed his own …

Frank Hayden, who laid the groundwork for the Special Olympics, dies at 96

Frank Hayden, who laid the groundwork for the Special Olympics, dies at 96

Published by Sam Flores

On a sweltering July day in 1968, 1,000 young athletes gathered at Soldier Field in Chicago, where they ran, jumped, threw balls and swam. Few spectators were there to witness the inaugural Special Olympics International Summer Games. But the competitors, all boys and girls with intellectual disabilities, helped usher in a new and more inclusive era in sports, at a time when children with special needs were often locked away at home or shipped off to institutions. Source link

Barney Frank Was Like No One Else

Barney Frank Was Like No One Else

Published by Sam Flores

When former Representative Barney Frank of Massachusetts died on Tuesday at 86, he was already a human version of a historical artifact. Frank was famous in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, but like most of our­ politicians, he was mostly forgotten once he voluntarily left Congress, 13 years ago. Then suddenly, late last month, Frank was back in the public eye because of a characteristically brash and courageous decision: He announced that he was about to die. Obituary writers had a lot to work with when they wrote about Frank’s unconventional life and career. One obvious subject was Frank’s homosexuality, the source of much of the drama in his life. Another obvious topic was Frank’s gift for humor and wisecracks. And most significant was his imposing intellect, which usually made him the smartest man in the room, whatever the room. These were all rare attributes for a member of the modern-day House and Senate, where partisan banality reigns. In his distinctive manner, Barney Frank was a towering figure, although his own figure was …

Barney Frank, former congressman and gay-rights pioneer, dies at 86 : NPR

Barney Frank, former congressman and gay-rights pioneer, dies at 86 : NPR

Published by Sam Flores

US Rep. Barney Frank,D-MA, chairman of the US House Financial Services Committee conducts hearings on “Financial Market Regulatory Restructuring.” July 10, 2008 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. KAREN BLEIER/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption KAREN BLEIER/AFP via Getty Images Barney Frank, the liberal icon and gay-rights pioneer who represented Massachusetts in Congress for more than three decades, died Tuesday night at his home, according to a close friend who confirmed his death to member station GBH. He was 86 years old and had been receiving hospice care for congestive heart failure. Frank was the first member of Congress to voluntarily come out, and also the first to marry a same-sex partner. He says many of the conventional tactics they took to fight for gay-rights helped make “enormous progress” in a relatively short period of time. Recently asked by GBH if he wished he could do over any part of his career, Frank replied: “I would have come out earlier.” Read GBH’s full remembrance here. Frank’s last message for Democrats Barney Frank speaks …

Barney Frank, architect of landmark Wall Street reforms, dies at 86

Barney Frank, architect of landmark Wall Street reforms, dies at 86

Published by Sam Flores

Barney Frank, former U.S. Congressman Adam Jeffery | CNBC Former U.S. Representative Barney Frank, a quick-witted Democrat who gave his name to a landmark financial reform bill after the economic crisis of 2007-2009, has died, his sister Ann Lewis said on Wednesday. He was 86. One of the best-known gay politicians of his time, ⁠Frank served for over 30 years in the U.S. House of Representatives as a member from Massachusetts and a liberal who gladly worked with Republicans. “He’s a guy you can sit down and ​deal with,” Republican Representative Tom Cole from Oklahoma ​said in 2011, when Frank chaired the ​House Financial Services Committee. Along with then Senator Chris Dodd, Frank spearheaded 2010 legislation that tightened banking regulations and consumer protections to avoid a repeat of the 2007 financial crash and subsequent Great Recession. Known as the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, the law led to new rules on the previously unregulated off-exchange derivatives ⁠market, ‌and set up the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to shield consumers from predatory and abusive ⁠practices. It was regarded as one of the main successes in Congress of Barack Obama’s two-term presidency. ‘Things would …